Eastman-kodak Company

Mobil Oil Corporation

Ronald S King

Thomas W Martin

Teh-Ming Kung

Brian T Pope

Bruce C Campbell

David R Williams

Richard W Topel, Jr

Jeffrey R Gillmor

Frederick W Hesser

A receiver element for thermal dye transfer, a print assembly including the receiver element, and a method of printing are described wherein the receiver element includes a dye-receiving layer on a support, wherein the dye-receiving layer includes a polymer, an optional release agent, and alpha-tocopherol or a derivative thereof.

Thermal receiver

A polymer composition including a cyclic-olefinic copolymer and another polymer, an image-receiving element including the polymeric composition in an image-receiving layer, a print assembly including the image-receiving element, and a method of printing are described.

A dye-receiving element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having on the front side thereof, in order, a biaxially-oriented composite film laminated thereto and a dye image-receiving layer, the composite film comprising a microvoided thermoplastic core layer and at least one substantially void-free thermoplastic surface layer, the support having on the back side thereof, in order, a biaxially-oriented film laminated thereto, a subbing layer and an antistatic layer, the subbing layer comprising an acrylic monomer, an acrylic homopolymer, an acrylic copolymer, a mixture of polyethylenes and a copolymer or terpolymer of polypropylene, or polypropylene having at least 0.1 g/m.sup.2 of titanium dioxide, the ratio of thickness of the back side film to the composite film being from about 0.45 to about 1.0.

Subbing layer for antistatic layer on dye-receiving element used in

Dye-receiving element for thermal dye transfer comprising a polyolefin-coated substrate or a polyolefin substrate having thereon, in order, a subbing layer and a dye image-receiving layer, and wherein the subbing layer comprises a polyolefin-coated support or a polyolefin support having thereon, in order, a subbing layer and a dye image-receiving layer, wherein the subbing layer comprises a colored reaction product of a mixture of a) an aminofunctional organo-oxysilane, and b) a hydrophobic organo-oxysilane; the subbing layer also containing a mixture of brown and black colorants, the brown colorant being present in an amount of about 0.0007 to about 0.015 g/m.sup.2 and the black colorant being present in an amount of about 0.004 to about 0.007 g/m.sup.2, and the ratio of black to brown colorant being about 3.5:1 to 6.5:1; and the subbing layer also containing at least 0.2 wt. % of a water-soluble, cellulose derivative.

Dye-receiver subbing layer for thermal dye transfer

A dye-receiving element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having on one side thereof a polymeric dye image-receiving layer and on the other side thereof a backing layer comprising a polymeric binder, submicron inorganic particles, a polymeric acid, an ionic antistatic material and an organometallic complex.

Backing layer for receiver used in thermal dye transfer

Dye-receiving element for thermal dye transfer comprising a polyolefin-coated substrate or a polyolefin substrate having thereon, in order, a subbing layer and a dye image-receiving layer, and wherein the subbing layer comprises a colored reaction product of a mixture of a) an aminofunctional organo-oxysilane, and b) a hydrophobic organo-oxysilane; the subbing layer also containing a mixture of brown and black colorants, the brown colorant being present in an amount of about 0.0007 to about 0.015 g/m.sup.2 and the black colorant being present in an amount of about 0.004 to about 0.007 g/m.sup.2, and the ratio of black to brown colorant being about 3.5:1 to 6.5:1.

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Ronald S King